Missing tanker found in Cambodian waters
The tanker has been repainted and renamed to avoid detection.
KUALA LUMPUR: A fuel-laden Malaysian tanker that “disappeared” off the east coast of Johor last Thursday has been detected in Cambodian waters, according to Chief of Navy Admiral Abdul Aziz Jaafar.
Abdul Jaafar said the tanker had been repainted and renamed.
The MT Orkim Harmony, carrying 6,000 tonnes of petrol valued at RM21 million, is being tailed from the air by aircraft of the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF), Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) and the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), he said.
“We have found the vessel and RMAF, MMEA and RAAF aircraft are tailing it from the air,” he told Bernama.
The MT Orkim Harmony went missing at 8.57pm on June 11 as it was ferrying the petrol from Malacca to Kuantan.
The vessel, owned by Magna Meridian Sdn Bhd, had 22 crew on board, 16 of them Malaysians and the rest Indonesian and Myanmar nationals.
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